By Xinhua
Kabul : Afghan police have captured a high ranking Taliban commander named Abudl Jabar in southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar, said a Interior Ministry statement released here on Sunday.
Abdul Jabar, arrested on Saturday, was the deputy of notorious Taliban leader Mansoor Dadullah who was already arrested in February by authorities in Pakistan, the statement added.
Taliban outfit have yet to make any comment.
More than 8,000 people had been killed in violent incidents in Afghanistan in 2007 while over 300 have lost their lives in conflicts and militancy so far this year in the war-battered country.
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